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Fundamental Research Division
The DRF at the CEA assemble approximately 6,000 scientists since January 2016.
This is now possible using the new Actar-TPC (ACtive TARget Time Projection Chamber) detector developed at the Ganil within the framework of an international collaboration.
Scientists from the IBS have characterized a potential target for new antibiotics.
Two teams from the Institut Frédéric-Joliot and their partners have discovered a chemical reaction that allows the binding or breaking of molecules in biological environments.
A collaboration involving Iramis has demonstrated the possibility of amplifying the generation of high-order laser harmonics by a factor greater than ten in a zinc oxide (ZnO) semiconductor crystal, by engraving a network of micro-cones on the crystal surface. The gain obtained makes it possible to lower the required infrared power by the same amount.
The reliability of integrated circuits is a key point for space applications. They are becoming increasingly complex and dense, which heightens their vulnerability to cosmic particles. To remedy this, researchers from the Inac are proposing a new integrated circuit structure, which will be more robust in a space environment.
Researchers from the IBS are working on crystallography techniques in order to see proteins in motion.
The phage is a formidable killer of bacteria. Researchers from the IBS have shown how its tail, which recognizes its target, and its capsid, which contains what it needs to destroy the bacterium, communicate.
An animal model expresses the two biological characteristics of Alzheimer's disease, providing new opportunities for simpler drug testing and diagnosis.
The LHC’s Atlas collaboration at Cern has observed a rare process: the production of Higgs bosons in association with a top quark and top antiquark pair. This work, supervised by an Irfu researcher, opens up perspectives on the study of the Higgs mechanism that gives mass to particles.
Three teams from the Inac have manufactured and characterized highly nitrogen-doped graphene nanosheets and tested them as supercapacitor electrodes. The performances obtained compare favorably with state of the art carbon electrodes. This promising technology has yet to be optimized for on-chip applications.
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CEA is a French government-funded technological research organisation in four main areas: low-carbon energies, defense and security, information technologies and health technologies. A prominent player in the European Research Area, it is involved in setting up collaborative projects with many partners around the world.